Quasi-cw lasing of a Ne–Xe–HCl mixture excited by an electric discharge

An investigation was made of lasing of XeCl* (λ ~308 nm) molecules as a result of electric-discharge excitation of a laser with plasma electrodes. Mixtures with neon as a buffer gas were subjected to quasicontinuous pumping and emitted laser radiation quasicontinuously. The laser radiation energy was 0.3 J and the efficiency was ~1.4% measured relative to the stored energy.